Kismet : a musical Arabian night : original Broadway cast recording [Compact disc] / [based on] music by Alexander Borodin ; musical adaptation & lyrics by Robert Wright & George Forrest ; [book by Charles Lederer & Luther Davis, based on the play by Edward Knoblock].
Musical in 2 acts; includes bonus tracks. Subtitle from container: "A musical Arabian night." Alfred Drake, Doretta Morrow, Richard Kiley, Henry Calvin, Joan Diener ; with supporting singers and orchestra ; Louis Adrian, conductor. Recorded Dec. 6, 1953; bonus tracks originally broadcast on the CBS Radio production, Stage struck, Dec. 18, 1953. Originally released as Columbia ML 4850, Dec. 1953; the bonus tracks previously unreleased. "Produced for records by Goddard Lieberson"--Container. Compact disc. Program notes by George Dale, from original liner, and Didier C. Deutsch, including synopsis ([11] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Overture ; Sands of time (5:12) -- Rhymes have I (2:45) -- Fate (2:29) -- Bazaar of the caravans (1:11) -- Not since Nineveh (3:05) -- Baubles, bangles and beads (4:09) -- Stranger in paradise (4:08) -- He's in love! (2:24) -- Gesticulate (4:20) -- Night of my nights (3:37) -- Was I Wazir? (2:15) -- Rahadlakum (4:27) -- And this is my beloved (4:42) -- The olive tree (2:37) -- Zubbediya, Samahris' dance (2:43) -- Finale. Sands of time (3:02) -- Bonus tracks, previously unreleased from the CBS Radio production "Stage struck". In the studio (3:14) ; Interviews with Alfred Drake, Doretta Morrow and George Forrest (2:42).
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